at what point?

Question

at what point (or how) do movie directors get budgets to make their movie so they don't have to use their own money from their own credit?

Answer 1

once you have had someone read over the manuscript, get an an interested company to back to film, and then start searcing for financial backers. Once a film company has a good script and company behind them, it can go from there, but writing a good script is the challenge

Answer 2

Directors hardly ever use their own money to make a film. That's the producers job to provide the budget. This being said, it does happen. A director will be so involved and passionate about the film he wants to see on the silver screen, if the budget is constrained he'll become a producer as well as director. If the budget is used up, he may use his own money (again producer credit is given) or he may allow the executive producers to take a cut from his, usually already low, salary. Even the 'big name' Directors don't make much more than a million per picture so they'd really have to dip into their own pockets. Now, they DO usually get a percentage of the profits (if any) to go along with the low salary. That makes them super rich!

Answer 3

Ususally when the become famous becasue they have directed some good movies. Then there becomes a demand for thier movies.

Answer 4

thats what the producers are for. so - once they find a company to fund their project, they dont have to use their money